The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-17
white Oaks and Lincoln 10.
Important, Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

New McNlCO, OF lhilCo ~ u h'
roz<l nonsCnrthage, tue terminus
Of no San Pedro Q al mine branch
Of M. A.. T. Il 8. = R.. r., lob
mil o. from SCeoTre, on the main
line. 1856 mi e. tom FL Paso, Tex
az. and as from Lincoln, the Co.
s0at.
White Oaks is the largest town
in Tho county, and the seat OF an
important supply trade. ltlshne-
" .~itustedsin { valley, among the
spur, Of tue Carlo range, at an ell
oyutioR Of $40 feet above sea
ley.l [. has two religious organ
;..Nous, Methodist and Congrega-
tionalist, a large and prosperous
nnIlie school, two weekly newspa-
hers. five prosperous mercantile es-
tanlishmsutS Two hotels, two bll-
iiard alls. two blacksmith shops,
(ops also a wagon sIIop,) one TWEEN
~ stamp gold mill in operation at
90 Huntington Centrifugal mill,
and a 10 stamp gold mill:
The great HorAestaks Sold Mines
ara n mile n. W. of tive centre OF
the town, and around them are Il
dozen rich mines, less developed
Almost adjoining the Gown, on tlI
s. L.. are ~ineXh2usttHi "'
coal, varying irOm o'tHmh To-
semi-anthracite. From i"nr u"
ssyeu miles n. W. OF the town, in
tho Lone Mountain region, are eN-
tenciVs bodies OF magnetic iron
ores, Of excellent quality and high
Grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
Of the Bonito mining district the
rich gold mines et the Nogal min
;ng district, and the copper (silver
hearing ores Of the west side.
Tie town is a%bundantly supplied
with water ; wood is abundant i'll
the foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has q daily mail to
Carthage, on the railway, and to
Pr. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
the present objective point OF the
Chicago, St. LOUIS 81 FL Paso R.R.
now building troa El Paso. Texas,
and is destined to BE Nh important
nniut upon that railway when it Is
rn,nnlrt.d ~ Kansas City, as the
necessary link in tie shortest posi-
hIn i'm. between Chicago and the
Cltv Of Acz:ce.
'pbo C.uaty Of Lincoln, lin the
sou,h.caStern corner Of New MeXi
co is 40 miles il extreme length
ort loo in extreme breadth. %nt
cnne.ins 1880 square miles. /
il divided. tror4 north 10 south by
tLe Ejo Pecos,sni il OoftHnt8trenW.
which receives within the count,
numerous tributaries RsIsing IN tbs
east side of Il c Great Lange.
The western part Of the Count
!, divided by mountains, local,
known as the GnIlinaS, Jic"rllIas
Tarizos. Sierra Blancos, DC, al
nortions of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks of these range
vary from-Gsllin&s and Jack
peak. about 5000 feet, to Carlo
Q 900, Nogal, 10000, and Sierr'
Blanco, 1900.
Tho population of the Count nj
waa 1000 in 1885, now aboutG,OO
This towas, other than " hite Oak
are Lincoln, San P~atriclo, Pichaco
Weed, Dowlin'G Mill, Galena, Ro'
we'll, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers
and Lookout.
rwo-thirds of the County cor
sist, OF ane GraSing lands, mani
well watered, and stocked Wi
400 600 head ef cattle, an lncrcas
Of 1909 per cent. in 5 years. u
Angora goat has made his Hf'ea
once in the mountains ot Llncol
County. and he IS here to stay. Ii
RANGES where netting else william
is exceedingly profitable TO h
owner. There are hut few Shec
in the county, Ss"u' A'''O" -, =,
and mules, and burros, (AngiI
Jackass es,) like the sands OF tt
seashore, for multitude
On the Penasco, Ruidoso, Bon
to, Hondo, Seven Rivers Bla !.
River, and PscoS, there are the n
est of agricultural slsrds. Fli
farms have been Spened on a
those streams, and upon them hi
been produced in exceptional qua
itv and quantity every farm pr
nets which can be raised at sue
an elevation. The experience
the late Chas. Fritz demonstrate
that Lincoln County will produc
in abundance, all the Northe.
fruits. The agricultural interest
already important, and growing
Mines were first discovered